Atkins: Rebuilding and Rebalancing the Powerhouse
Covid-19 has shone a light on the need to build back better strategic, economic and environmental planning in our regions…
John Grogan & Lord Kirkhope – The Launch of Together Yorkshire
Five years ago, on September 11th 2015, the then Prime Minister David Cameron was asked about devolution and said off-mic,…
Gill Morris: Radical action not warm words, please!
The Devolution and Local Recovery White Paper will be seeing the light of day in Autumn 2020. Here are six…
Jonathan Morgan: How can the North West lead the way to Net Zero and a Green Recovery?
The UK Government is the first to commit to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. Here in the…
Kevin Richardson: Building Strong New Institutions for Levelling Up
Changes to local institutions tasked with levelling up the economy could well be on the way. A Devolution and Local…
Lucy Thomas, TalkTalk – To reboot and rebuild the North, connection must be a top priority
Last week, TalkTalk joined leading figures from business, national and regional government at the Northern Powerhouse Education, Employment and Skills…
Let the North lead not plead – Now is the time for a New Deal for the North
The Northern Powerhouse Education, Employment and Skills Summit 2020 (#NPEESS2020) was a great success. Bringing together a galaxy of Northern…
Chris Richards, ICE Director of Policy: Covid-19 and the opportunity it gives us to create a greener future
We had no idea six months ago just how much our lives would change in such a short space of…
Gill Morris: Too much, too little, too late?
Arguably, Rishi Sunak’s ‘Plan for Jobs’, revealed in his Summer Statement, endorsed the omnipresent Build Back Better mantra championed by…
Cllr James Jamieson: ‘As we emerge from testing times, we need a national debate about local government’
Just as we have all had to think differently about our lives, councils across the UK have had to find…